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Baldassare Galuppi, Italian harpsichord player and composer (died 1785)
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Baldassare Galuppi
Italian composer (1706–1785)
Baldassare Galuppi was a Venetian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and C. P. E. Bach, whose works are emblematic of the prevailing galant music…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Harpsichord
Plucked-string keyboard instrument
A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. Depressing a key raises its back end within the instrument, which in turn raises a mechanism with a small plectrum made from quill or plastic that plucks one or more strings. The strings are under tension on a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)